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Here's the order:

Ghost in the Shell (set in 2029) from 1995 or its 2008


remake Ghost in the Shell 2.0
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (set in 2030)
The Laughing Man, a feature-length OVA summary
of S.A.C.
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (set in 2032)
Individual Eleven, a feature-length OVA which retells
the events of S.A.C. 2nd GIG, altered to focus on
both the Individual Eleven investigation and the
relationship between Hideo Kuze and Motoko
Kusanagi
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (set in 2032)
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State
Society (set in 2034) from 2006 or 2011 in 3D
Ghost in the Shell: Arise OVA series (set in 2027). It's a
prequel telling the origin story of Section 9
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture is
a recompilation for television of Ghost in the Shell:
Arise.
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie is a movie set
after Ghost in the Shell: Arise that is a continuation of the
plot of the Pyrophoric Cult episode.
The only unclear part is about where S.A.C. 2nd GIG and
Innocence go in relation to each other, because they are both
set in 2032. 2nd GIG is the second season of S.A.C. and
should probably be watched directly after it.

The GitS movies, SAC-series and Arise OVA are all different
interpretations of the source material/manga.
Ghost in the Shell/2.0 and Innocence are set in the same
universe, and I would recommend to watch them first as they
have the strongest story and production values.
The SAC-series has it's own separate universe and is more of
a crime series where the movies are more philosophical.
The Arise OVA-series is also completely separate from both
the movies and series, but somewhat serve as a spiritual
prequel to both.

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